by Giotto di Bondone, 1310
Giotto painted the Ognissanti Madonna around 1310 for the Humiliati church of Ognissanti in Florence. The Virgin sits enthroned with the Christ child, surrounded by angels and saints. Unlike the flat, formulaic Madonnas of Byzantine tradition, Giotto's figures possess weight and three-dimensional presence.
The throne recedes into space, the angels stand at different depths, and the Virgin's body beneath her robes suggests real anatomy. Giotto pioneered these spatial innovations that would develop into Renaissance perspective. His faces show individualized expressions rather than standardized types.
The Uffizi displays this painting alongside the similar Maestà panels by Cimabue and Duccio, allowing direct comparison of medieval and proto-Renaissance approaches.

Leonardo da Vinci
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence

Sandro Botticelli, 1482
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence

Sandro Botticelli
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence

Fra Angelico
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
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Raphael, 1512
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Dresden

Sandro Botticelli, 1485
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence

Raphael, 1511
Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Raphael, 1510
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Titian, 1538
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence

Titian, 1555
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

El Greco, 1614
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Sandro Botticelli, 1482
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
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